Sunday was so hot that only four people showed up for the hike. We discussed then decided to switch to hike in the Shenandoah National Park, which should be higher and cooler. We were lucky. Not only it was only about 80°F and felt like in the fall, but also sparing from a speeding ticket.
On the way to the Park, we were stopped by the police (70 m/h on 55m/h limit road). I asked everyone smiled and appeared innocent when he took our driver’s license. He came back 5-7 minutes and told us that many people took the route to the Park and we should drove within the speed limit. No ticket!!! We were overjoyed. Maybe because he saw three Asian female hikers with very friend smile and tight hiking outfit?
We hikes to Hawksbill Peak - highest in the park, mostly on AT about 8-9 miles in total.
I attended the 29th Annual August Court Days on Saturday at downtown Leesburg with Colonial reenactors, mock trials, Colonial militia, frontiersmen, and country/folk music.
The mock trials (based on the actual historical trials on record) were conducted indoors in a church. http://www.preserveloudoun.org/augustcourtdays/index.htm
Then I visited Oatlands Plantation , a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located six miles south of Leesburg. The Oatlands Art Show was located in the historic Carriage House on the property. http://www.oatlands.org/ The property appears to be related to Ms. Carriage, a rich lady who inherited the fortune form her father and involved in the historic mock trials I saw in downtown Leesburg.
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